Halftime Staff

Dunkirk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7O7BtBnsG4 Graham: Of all of the promising films coming out this summer (and there are plenty), I am most excited for this one. Christopher Nolan is my favorite director and I have no qualms with passionately defending every single one of his works. Dunkirk is interesting because it takes away one of the…

American Assassin – teaser trailer #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwHAGKxsbcg Eman: American Assassin is based on the prequel to a very popular series of spy thriller novels, which I’m told are pretty mature gritty novels. Here’s hoping they don’t try to rob it of the novels’ tension and themes in order to tone it down just for that oh-so-coveted PG-13…

Brynn, Devon, and Emily share what they’re enjoying and looking forward to in arts and entertainment this week. Brynn: Although I rarely have time to watch full television shows, I can usually spare an hour every now and then to watch a stand-up comedy special. In the event of some free time, my go-to…

Star Wars: The Last Jedi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB4I68XVPzQ Eman: All they ever needed to do was give a title and a release date for me to already commit to watching this in theaters three to five times. Star Wars is the crux of pop culture phenomenons and will go down in history as such; every new…

All Eyez on Me: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1666185/?ref_=vi_tr_mp_t_2 Claire: Making the story of Tupac into a movie had to be done, it’s just a question of whether it will be done right. The trailer for All Eyez on Me gives it a seemingly perfect balance of drama and documentary, and Demetrius Shipp Jr. appears to have a firm…

Disclaimer: This post is dark and full of spoilers. You’re not a true Game of Thrones fan unless you’ve spent a sizable amount of time between seasons scavenging the internet for spoiler articles and Reddit threads on every plot and subplot of the series. And it was while engaging in such fruitful pursuits that I…

Justice League: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cxixDgHUYw Anne: Usually I give superhero movies a lot of hate (one can only watch white men save the world so many times), but even I am not immune to the powers of Hollywood…or Ben Affleck. Perfectly paced with flawless special effects, this trailer is proof that Justice League will be a box…

The Secret Scripture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85bdcbawodQ Laura: While I usually like a movie with competing stories, philosophical questions, and high stakes, I felt like the tension, initially displayed as one story, between love and patriotism in the trailer was supposed to capture me more than it did. While that part didn’t quite do it for me, at…

Salt and Fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s5N4fupIZE Eman: I must start off by saying that Michael Shannon is one of the most interesting actors in cinema to me. I love all the acting work he does and I genuinely think he’s probably a bit crazy in real life. Director Werner Herzog is undoubtedly a weirdo in real life…

The O.C. is, was, and always will be the perfect show. It was full of teen drama, including class divisions and tumultuous romance; it had a heartwarming family dynamic complete with poignant Jewish humor (when is Jewish humor not poignant though tbh); and it lasted just long enough to stay interesting. On the 10th anniversary…